2024 Top 10 Most Popular Halloween Costumes

What's the really "in" costume? What will my friends wear? How do I want to be seen by the other children? Do I want to be scary? Funny? Unique? A dinosaur? a fairy princess? A unicorn? A wizard, a vampire, a skeleton, a dragon. A fireman, the choices are almost endless!

We've gathered up the most. popular, and highly rated. costumes available on. short notice at good prices from your favorite online retailer and put them all below!

Top 15 Most Popular Costumes for 2024

The top five costumes for don't vary greatly from year to year - see the list below! Of course, we won't know for sure exactgly which order they will be in until after Hallpoween, but the list stays pretty consistent and you can see past years below.

For adults are a Batman character, a witch, and animal, a superhero, and a vampire.
Also popular are, for boys, Zombies, superheros, Star Wars and for girls Disney's Frozen characters, especially Princess Elena.

Top costumes last year, according to the National Retail Federation:

Top 10 Children's Costumes for 2024 based on last year 2023 Rank Costume Where to get it on Amazon 1 Barbie Kids Barbie in a Box Costume | Officially licensed from the Barbie Movie, Mattel. Even has a giant box as part of the costume. There is also an adult Ken costume (not many boys want to be Ken) 2 Spiderman Spiderman - always popular with boys 3 Princess (generic) Princess costume, Like in Frozen, light blue 4 Witch Fairytale Witch Costume, Deluxe Set with Broom 5 Ghost Ghost Halloween Costume - Non-scarey Ghost Costumes for Kids, Scary Halloween Costume for Boys, Toddler Ghost Costume for Halloween 6 Batman Boy's DC Batman Costume - this is the Official DC Comics licensed costume, with padded muscle definition, attached gauntlets and boot-covers; belt, detachable cape, and mask included, for Boys, sizes small, medium and large. 7 Pumpkin Kids Pumpkin costume with Basket for Toddler or Child up to age 10 8 Zombie Zombie Halloween Costume - Zombie Costume for Kids, Scary Halloween Boys Zombie Costume, Monsters Costume for Halloween 9 Vampire Gothic Vampire Costume for Boys - This Gothic Vampire Costume for Boys is quite nice, detailed, realistic Vampire Costume for Girls, Deluxe Gothic Victorian Vampiress Queen for Halloween or a Dress Up Party 10 Pirate Pirate costume for Boys - This Pirate Costume has accessories Pirate Costume for Halloween or Cosplay, a Buccaneer Dress with hat, sword, eyepatch 11 Superman Superhero Superman costume, with um, fake muscles 12 Character from Star Wars Luke Skywalker, Hans Solo, Darth Vader, Princess Leia  13 Avengers character (excluding Spider-Man) Iron man, Thor, Hulk 15 Animal (Dog, Cat, Bear from the movie, etc) Animal costumes Honorable mentions include Wednesday Addams, Dinosaur (a T-Rex, of course), Cowboy, Ninja and Wonder Woman

Top 10 Children's Costumes - Past Years 2022 Rank Costume 2019 rank 2017 rank Where to get 1 Spiderman 6 4 Spiderman 2 Princess (generic) 1 2 Princess costume, Like in Frozen, light blue 3 Witch 5 6 Fairytale Witch Costume, Deluxe Set with Broom 4 Ghost 8 9 Ghost Halloween Costume - Non-scarey Ghost Costumes for Kids, Scary Halloween Costume for Boys, Toddler Ghost Costume for Halloween 5 Batman 3 2 Boy's DC Batman Costume - this is the Official DC Comics licensed costume, with padded muscle definition, attached gauntlets and boot-covers; belt, detachable cape, and mask included, for Boys, sizes small, medium and large. 6 Pumpkin NR NR Kids Pumpkin costume 7 Zombie NR NR Zombie Halloween Costume - Zombie Costume for Kids, Scary Halloween Boys Zombie Costume, Monsters Costume for Halloween 8 Vampire NR NR Gothic Vampire Costume for Boys - This Gothic Vampire Costume for Boys is quite nice, detailed, realistic Vampire Costume for Girls, Deluxe Gothic Victorian Vampiress Queen for Halloween or a Dress Up Party 9 Pirate 9 NR Pirate costume for Boys - This Pirate Costume has accessories Pirate Costume for Halloween or Cosplay, a Buccaneer Dress with hat, sword, eyepatch 10 Superman Superhero 2 1 Superman costume, with um, fake muscles NR Character from Star Wars 4 5 Luke Skywalker, Hans Solo, Darth Vader, Princess Leia  NR Avengers character (excluding Spider-Man) 7 7 Iron man, Thor, Hulk NR Disney Princess 10 8   NR Animal (Dog, Cat, etc) NR 3 Animal costumes NR Wonder Woman NR 10

Top 10 Adult Costumes - Previous Years
2019 data		2017 rank	2015 rank
2019 Rank	Adult costume
1	Witch	1	8	Click here for this item on Amazon
2	Vampire	7	1	Click here for this item on Amazon Click here for this item on Amazon
3	Character from Batman	2	3	Click here for this item on Amazon
4	Pirate	4	8	Click here for this item on Amazon Click here for this item on Amazon
5	Avengers character (excluding Spider-Man)			Click here for this item on Amazon
6	DC superhero (excluding Batman, Wonderwoman, and Star Wars)	8	NR	Click here for this item on Amazon
7	Star Wars character	NR		Click here for this item on Amazon
8	Ghost			Click here for this item on Amazon Click here for this item on Amazon
9	Superhero (any of them)	6	5	Click here for this item on Amazon
10	Clown			Click here for this item on Amazon
NR	Villain from a Slasher Movie	9	NR
NR	Animal (Dog, Cat, etc)	3	2
NR	Wonder Woman	10	NR

	Top 10 Pet Costumes - This Year and Previous Years
	2019 Rank	Pets	2017 Rank
	1	Pumpkin	1
	2	Hot dog	2
	3	Bumblebee	4
	4	Devil	5
	5	Cat	8
	6	Dog	7 (tie)
	7	Lion	7 (tie)
	8	Character from a Star Wars movie	10
	9	Superhero	9
	10	Ghost	7
	NR	Witch	9

2015's top costumes were very similar.

For comparison, here's the list from 2013:

Top Adult Costumes	Top Children's Costumes	Top Pet Costumes
1. Witch	1. Princess	1. Pumpkin
2. Batman character	2. Animal	2. Hot dog
3. Vampire	3. Batman character	3. (T) Cat
4. Zombie	4. Action/super hero	3. (T) Devil
5. Pirate	5. Spider-Man	4. Witch
6. Action/super hero	6. Witch	5. Superman
7. Superman	7. Zombie	6. Dog
8. Dracula	8. Disney princess	7. Bowties/fancy collar
9. Cat	9. Superman	8. Bee
10. Scary costume/mask	10. Fairy	9. (T) Batman
		9. (T) Vampire
		10. Ghost

Sources and references

1. NRF (National Retail Federation
2. CNBC
3. Arnold, Bettina (2001-10-31). "Bettina Arnold - Halloween Lecture: Halloween Customs in the Celtic World" . Halloween Inaugural Celebration. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Center for Celtic Studies. http://www.uwm.edu/~barnold/lectures/holloween.html . Retrieved 2007-10-16.
4. Skal, David J. (2002). Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween, p.34. New York: Bloomsbury. ISBN 1-58234-230-X.
5. Pope John Paul, July 1994, conversation with the author in Rome, Italy
6. US Census Bureau

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• History of the Jack-o-Lantern
• Tips for a safe and fun Halloween
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• Pumpkin Facts and What to do with the pumpkin after Halloween.
• Halloween links to Halloween web sites

Halloween Costumes

Here are some of the most popular Halloween costumes for children this year. For more choices, see our Halloween costumes pages.

• Inflatable Riding Dinosaur Costume for Adults - everyone LOVES this costume. It's a hit where ever you go!
• Harry Potter Costume Kids Plush Robe - With a hood, one for each house, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, Hogwarts
• Wizard Robe Cloak Halloween costume for Kids
• Girl's Sparkle Princess Costume - In pink, for small girls
• Sew your own Halloween Costumes with Patterns from the Singer Sewing Reference Library
• Pizza Costume for Kids - A giant slice of pizza Halloween Costume for Children and Teens
• Easy Halloween Costumes for Children - Miniature patterns for 3 to 12 year old children, just enlarge and use
  

 

 

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